Loch Fyne Dive Charters::Underwater

Skipper, Malcolm Goodchild, rustles up a snack in the galley of Little Blue

Diving in Loch Fyne can be a wonderfully rewarding experience, in fact we are surprised that it has remained such an unknown port of call for many experienced divers.

An anenome underwater at Loch Fyne Dolphins visit the area and basking sharks frequent the lower stretches of the loch from June to August each year.

The Minards, being situated in the middle of Loch Fyne, where there is the most movement of water, have good visibility and the animal life is colourful and brighter. These cliff walls are scrubbed clean of silt and the marine life is superb.

Seals are often found lazing around the rocks.

Here you can find the squat lobster, scallops, large whelks and edible crabs. Large brilliantly-coloured sponges, sea squirts, feather starfish and brittle starfish are everywhere.

Further south from Kenmore Point is Stallion Rock, a single rock that rises from the seabed 30m below. This vertical and overhanging rock is covered in sea squirts, anemones and sponges.

Part of a wreck at Loch Fyne To the north of Tarbert is Barmore Island where the remains of the SS Arran 111 can be found well broken up on a sandy bottom, The wreck attracts lots of marine life and fish. You can also watch out for Curly the resident conger who is often found lurking under the metal plates.

The wreck of the Margaret Niven also lies close to Barmore Island, this wreck is an interesting dive with much of the ship’s structure, including the one cylinder engine, easily seen.

On the eastern side of the Loch a rocky pinnacle rises close to the surface, we have called this The Garden due to the colonies of massive plumose anemones. They are easily more than half a metre tall, vast pillars of orange and white forming a forest over the top of the reef.

To the south of Tarbert lies the wreck of another Clyde Puffer, the Moonlight. This wreck is largely intact

Photographically, there is a vast amount of interest.